Example sentences of "[num] [conj] [verb] [been] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These two cone types are present in almost equal numbers , and not in the ratio of 2:1 that has been postulated for the human fovea . |
| 2 | A " procession of silence " for the restoration of constitutional rights , declared illegal by the government on April 1 , had proceeded in Caracas on April 2 and had been dispersed by police using water cannon , tear gas and birdshot . |
| 3 | Getty , 59 , had been Premier since 1985 and had been re-elected in 1989 . |
| 4 | At all material times he and his family have been homeless within the meaning of section 58 of the Housing Act 1985 and have been living in temporary accommodation provided by the council , the local housing authority , under section 63 of the Act . |
| 5 | Pilkington , the brother of Gloucester 's retainer John , had been a royal servant since the early 1460s and had been rewarded with land in the north midlands , bringing him within the duchy connection . |
| 6 | Pilkington , the brother of Gloucester 's retainer John , had been a royal servant since the early 1460s and had been rewarded with land in the north midlands , bringing him within the duchy connection . |
| 7 | D. D. Thakur had resigned as governor in March 1991 and had been replaced by Loknath Mishra . |
| 8 | After early victories , the new unionism was in rapid retreat by 1891 and had been routed by , 1892–1893 . |
| 9 | The prime candidate for the job was General Henri Giraud , a courageous soldier who had opposed the armistice in 1940 and had been imprisoned by the Germans before escaping early in 1942 . |
| 10 | The buildings referred to include Holmwood at Cathcart , which was built between 1857 and 1859 and has been described as a priceless national treasure . |
| 11 | The Islamic Republic of Mauritania , formerly part of French West Africa , gained full independence in 1960 and has been ruled since a military coup in 1978 by a Military Council of National Salvation ( Comité militaire de salut national — CMSN ) , headed by a chairman ( currently Col. Moaouia Ould Sidi Mohamed Taya ) who is President of the Republic and whose executive power derives from a Constitutional Charter published in 1978 . |
| 12 | ( He retired from AIB in December 1984 and has been succeeded by Don Cooper , another graduate of ETPS and a helicopter specialist . ) |
| 13 | Although he had had a distinguished military record as a young man , he was sixty-two and had been engaged in predominantly civil duties for the previous twenty years . |
| 14 | Deene was acquired by Sir Robert Brudenell in 1514 and has been lived in ever since by his descendants including the 7th Earl of Cardigan who led the Charge of the Light Brigade . |
| 15 | Requisition of grain at the point of a gun during War Communism had proved a novel experience for the peasantry , but by 1922 that had been replaced by slightly more civilized methods . |
| 16 | A phased return of responsibility from the army to the civilian police was begun in 1976 and had been completed for most of the region by early 1977 . |
| 17 | Raine was then 46 and had been married to the Earl of Dartmouth for 28 years . |
| 18 | That structure of international regulation broke down in the 1970s and has been followed by a period of instability where it is uncertain whether US hegemony can be re-established or whether a different mode of regulation under Japanese or European domination will be constructed . |
| 19 | admitting things like losing fifty billion quid on fluttering on foreign exchanges er Mr did or flittering away the north sea oil revenue in tax cuts for higher earners rather than er keeping that er once in a life time er bonus that this country had for the north sea oil and also you could mention the increased pension for but it did n't match billions that have been wasted on defence expenditure especially defence expenditure and especially the trident programme . |
| 20 | But Craven is already in his eighties and has been plagued by ill-health for some time . |
| 21 | A similar price is expected for Cezanne 's ‘ Still life with apples ’ from the early 1890s which was last sold at auction at the Goldschmidt sale of 1958 and has been consigned for sale by a European collector . |
| 22 | These are conveniently set out in Duncan & Neill on Defamation , 2nd ed. , p. 3 , para. 2.03 and have been summarised in the judgment of Balcombe L.J. ; I do not propose to repeat them . |
| 23 | Engraved with a crest and supported on a cylindrical stem , the eye-bath was made in London in 1818 and had been discovered in the collection of a West Yorkshire couple . |
| 24 | Bonior , 46 , renowned as a blunt-spoken liberal , had represented a blue-collar district of Michigan since 1977 and had been appointed as deputy chief whip in 1987 . |
| 25 | Observers believe the confusion may have arisen because the original KGB ceased to exist as on January 1 and has been replaced by two separate agencies , both of which entered into negotiations to sell the files . |
| 26 | The seat had been Tory since 1970 and had been held since 1974 by Sir Charles , who retained it with a sizeable personal vote . |
| 27 | In chapter 13 the Group suggests that , for pupils taught mainly through the medium of Welsh , the programmes of study but not the attainment targets for English in key stage 2 will need modification , to accommodate the matters , skills and processes which have been included in the English programmes of study for key stage 1 but have been disapplied in respect of such pupils in key stage 1 . |
| 28 | He had n't achieved much since his Commonwealth Games gold medals in 1982 and had been eliminated in the semi-finals at the Los Angeles Olympics . |
| 29 | One of the first initiatives of the new regime was British Deaf Awareness Week ( BDA Week ) which was first mounted in the autumn of 1982 and has been organised by Bob Peckford annually ever since . |
| 30 | Hambledon District Council believes that insufficient regard has been payed erm to these issues erm in the structure plan alteration , in paragraph thirty three the P P G sets down a list of criteria erm to which local authorities er should refer erm , I 'll erm refer specifically to er to three of them and I and and comeback to them as I go through erm erm what I want to say , erm the first one I draw that I would draw the panel 's attention to is erm that the alternative of the expansion of existing towns or villages should represent a less satisfactory method at providing the land for housing that is needed , and it 's a rhetorical question really here , erm and w we would ask that erm if there has n't been a comparative appraisal erm of the two options , and how could there be , there 's no erm district or areas been identified , how can we be certain that one option is better than another under the terms of that er criterion , erm the oth second point we would draw the panel 's attention is that the proposal is a clear expression of local preference supported by the local planning authorities , and again I would emphasize there that Hambledon District Council objects , and the third one is the option of a new settlement in preference to the alternative would result in positive environmental improvements , and I 'll return to that erm briefly in relation to er to Hambledon , P P G twelve erm paragraph six one four that 's been referred to it , includes a check list of issues against which areas in for new development in general er need to be er considered , with particular reference for reducing the need for travel , erm amongst these issues that the P P G asked the Councils to take into account erm are that development should make full and effective use of land within existing urban areas , that developments er should consider development patterns that are closely related to public transport net networks , and in relation to housing , and that housing is located in such a way as to minimize car use for journeys to work , school , and other local facilities , P P G thirteen , and I would expect erm I would agree with what Mr Donson has said here , is that it it 's draft and obviously one has to put the appropriate weight on it , but erm this reinforces and expands upon erm established government policy , reducing the need for travel , erm I do n't think it 's necessary for me to go into er the quotes in detail , I think that those have been er been touched on , erm , however , I would say erm that Hambledon District Council believes that the advice in draft P P G thirteen is much less supportive of new settlements , it suggests that greater weight must be given to the environmental implications of the additional traffic generated by new settlements erm this is , erm we believe , particularly important in view of the fact that a new settlement for York is unlikely to be self contained , and by its nature many of the residents will still look to York for essential services , social links , and employment , turning to the residual requirement , erm we have a concern over this , erm clearly a new settlement is intended to mop up any residual requirement which the er policy sets at fourteen hundred dwellings , we 've heard evidence from York today that er the city can accommodate erm more erm houses than was originally envisaged , which brings the residual requirement to erm about the minimum size specified by the County Council as being erm about the right level erm to make a s a new settlement self supporting , however , we would point out that there is still the possibility of erm further peripheral development around York , the greenbelt local plan and Southern Ryedale local plan er have not yet been statutory adopted , the inspector has n't reported on those , we do n't know what he 's going to say about sites er which were at issue , or on the need for flexibility between the inner erm boundary of the greenbelt and the city , irrespective of course of what the inspector says , erm being not yet statutory adopted the County and Ryedale will still have the opportunity to consider , reconsider there policies there , but putting that aside for the present , erm even if it is established that er the requirement for nine thousand seven hundred houses erm ca n't a occupied by er can be accommodated by er peripheral development , erm this does n't it does n't necessarily follow that the answer has to be a new settlement , we heard yesterday in erm great detail that erm environmental considerations have justified a reduction in the rate of development in other districts , erm in the county , I would point out that a relatively modest reduction erm in the inward migration to Ryedale , Selby , and York , could mop up the residual requirement , if one looks at erm the reasons for the greenbelt it is perhaps surprising that given the importance attached to maintaining its historic form and character that this is not an issue erm that 's been considered . |